Israeli ambassador’s National Press Club address | Atlas Network’s climate campaign | Kyle in court by Antoinette Lattouf and Jan Fran

 

Click on Jan & Fran watch Israel’s ambassador address the National Press Club and assess how hard the journalists in the room worked to push back against the blatant hasbara. Plus: What is the Atlas Network and what does it have to do with climate mis and disinformation in Australia? A Senate report helps us answer that question. And applause for the writer's festival that stood its ground under pressure to disinvite a Palestinian author. 0:00 Intro, live events, meeting Etterati 2:42 What’s on the show 4:15 Yes: Newcastle Writer’s Festival withstands pressure 8:08 What it’s like coming under pressure 13:45 No: Kyle Sandilands outside court ‘mortgage stress’ 15:40 Press Club invites Israeli ambassador 20:53 Irony on apartheid and Indigenous acknowledgement 23:16 Dismisses questions about killing journalists 28:42 Journalists try and push back 30:25 What’s the point of engaging with Hasbara? 34:06 National Press Club - should they have invited him? 43:15 Senate climate report 46:40 What is astroturfing? 48:30 Atlas Network’s role 53:20 Murdoch media mess 56:00 Both side ism climate failures